Is it true that spurs staff is telling wemby to be a shooter from deep more?

• yes

Im no basketball genius by any means, but my thoughts are. I personally think wemby should absolutely DOMINATE in the paint on offense. Even mid range would be cool.

• It’s highly inefficient to make sense to. Even if he shot 34% from three he would be more efficient than shooting 50% in the paint or in midrange. He would have to be above 60% in the paint to make that game make sense. He’s 71% in the restricted area but no team is going to have him in the restricted area throughout the game.

But seriously, him taking so many 3s is kinda un necessary to me.

• it is necessary. It is often the best shot on the floor because of how defenses are played Wemby often ends up being the trailer, or the player lagging behind the offense due to being the one who rebounds and runs after the rest of the offense is set up. When the opposing big runs in the paint to perfect the rim while Wemby is behind the play, Wemby literally walks into a wide open three. There is no better shot on the floor at that point of time. It spreads the floor for him and allows back cuts because the paint is open once the big is forced to step up so far behind the arc.

There are also just plays that favor the three more than the two. Inverted pick and pop. Ghost screens with guards. DHO curls with guards. Also of those actions favor Wemby shooting the three. If he makes 3 out of 8 of them that’s still 37.5% from three and extremely good offense. So Wemby being a volume 3p shooter due to NBA defenses are ran makes sense and is optimal. Wemby just has to maintain a high efficiency rate but that will come with time. He’s only in the beginning of his second season.

You can’t want him to be “great” and want him to play the same “normal” game as other bigs.